Bowling Green Adds Future Football Games with South Florida and Tarleton State
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Bowling Green announced today (Aug. 13) three future football games with two programs: South Florida and Tarleton State.
The Falcons have signed on for a home-and-home series with South Florida out of the American Conference. The first meeting will be at Doyt Perry Stadium on Sept. 26, 2026. BGSU will return the visit on Sept. 14, 2030, facing the Bulls in USF's new on-campus stadium, which is scheduled to open for the 2027 season. The programs have met only once before — in 2002 — when an Urban Meyer-led BGSU team traveled to Tampa, resulting in one of the Falcons' three losses that season.
Bowling Green will also host Tarleton State to open the 2026 season on Sept. 5 at Doyt Perry Stadium. This game replaces a previously scheduled contest with Saint Francis, which announced in March a move from the Division I FCS level down to Division III for the 2026-27 academic year. Tarleton State is an FCS program out of Stephenville, Texas, but has been rumored to be making a jump to the FBS level as early as 2026. BGSU has never faced Tarleton State in football.
The addition of South Florida and Tarleton State finalizes BGSU's non-conference schedule for 2026. The Falcons had previously announced 2026 games at Nebraska on Sept. 12 and at Iowa State on Sept. 19.
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